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The hearth, i.e., the household fire, is present in all cultures. When humans managed to control fire at the end of the Lower Palaeolithic – and –and over time they would learn to produce it –it–, they created a space reserved for this element to which only they would have access.
Humans had lived and moved in a natural environment shared with other animal species up until then. After that first energy revolution<ref>André VARAGNAC. ''La cônquete des energies''. Paris: (Hachette), pp. 65 & ss.</ref>, all other animal species would be excluded from that space.
Numerous traditions related to fire have emerged, such as those listed below and others that will be considered in the chapter referring to the ancient virtue attributed to the household fire and which was widespread throughout the Basque Country.
The household fire would be part of the call for a second tooth to appear, for example. Children used to throw the tooth that had fallen out into the fire and say: ''Tori zarra ta ekatzu berria ''(take Take the old one and bring the new)<ref><span style="background-">This custom and the chants sang are included in the chapter in this Ethnographic Atlas on <span style="background-">''Children’s Games in the Basque Country''<span style="background-">. </ref> (Oiartzun-G). Fire was also capable of cleansing bread or other food that had fallen on the floor or water brought from the fountain after sunset. People or animals that came from outside to join the home had to go around the fire three times.
== The embers of the hearth ==
